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gotach

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See also: Gotach

Irish

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Etymology

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Adjective

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gotach (genitive singular masculine gotaigh, genitive singular feminine gotaí, plural gotacha, comparative gotaí)

  1. stammering; lisping, indistinct
  2. (fashion, music, typography) Alternative letter-case form of Gotach (Gothic)

Declension

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Declension of gotach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative gotach ghotach gotacha;
ghotacha2
vocative ghotaigh gotacha
genitive gotaí gotacha gotach
dative gotach;
ghotach1
ghotach;
ghotaigh (archaic)
gotacha;
ghotacha2
Comparative níos gotaí
Superlative is gotaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gotach
radical lenition eclipsis
gotach ghotach ngotach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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